Tag Archives: Suing a Chinese company

“When you ain’t got nothing, you got nothing to lose.’ Bob Dylan, from Like a Rolling Stone Got the following email the other day (which email I have modified so as to strip it of any identifiers): I need some help with a problem I have with a Chinese company I have made an order… Continue Reading

Been a bit consumed preparing for a China seminar I am co-hosting. Today I spoke with Sage Brennan, one of the consumer products panelists and we ran through some possible questions. I threw out the following question as a possibility: “What are some of the most pervasive myths you see about the Chinese consumer.” Sage’s… Continue Reading

Spoke the other day with a company that was contemplating suing a Chinese factory regarding bad product. This company bought about $300,000 in product that it simply cannot use. When it told its Chinese supplier of this and then held back its final ~$100,000 payment, the Chinese company said it planned to sue. This company… Continue Reading

Yesterday, I participated in a phone call with a client and another lawyer in my office. We were discussing a draft of a worldwide software licensing agreement the counter-party had provided to our client. Fairly late in the discussion, I asked what law the agreement was calling for and then noted how that is oftentimes… Continue Reading

This is part II of our series on how to sue a Chinese company. This series of posts addresses what to do should you want to seek redress against a Chinese company that owes you money or has wronged you. It is based on an article I recently had published (along with one of my… Continue Reading

I hate when I have to be vague for attorney-client reasons, but at the same time, I also hate not writing on something really pressing and important. The problem is that the times I have to get vague often correspond with those times when I have important and current information. This is one of those… Continue Reading

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We will be discussing the practical aspects of Chinese law and how it impacts business there. We will be telling you what works and what does not and what you as a businessperson can do to use the law to your advantage. Our aim is to assist businesses already in China or planning to go into China, not to break new ground in legal theory or policy. More